Hebrew University and University of Potsdam to sign cooperation agreement

Brandenburg's Prime Minister and Minister of Science to attend ceremony

University of Potsdam in Brandenburg, Germany

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of Potsdam in Brandenburg, Germany will sign a cooperation agreement in the areas of research, teaching and the exchange of undergraduate and graduate students. The agreement will be signed on April 30 in Jerusalem, by Prof. Menahem Ben Sasson, president of the Hebrew University Jerusalem, and Prof. Oliver Günther, president of the University of Potsdam, in the presence of Brandenburg’s Prime Minister Matthias Platzeck and Minister of Science, Research and Culture Prof. Sabine Kunst.

According to the agreement, the universities will work to develop exchange activities, define appropriate steps for research cooperation, and make efforts and create conditions conducive to supporting young scholars. Both universities will be able to use the results of joint research.

The signing of the cooperation agreement will commence at 4:30 p.m. in the Belmonte Science Center for Youth’s Bretter Hall at the Hebrew University’s Edmond J. Safra Campus. Media wishing to attend must contact the Hebrew University’s Media Relations Department at 02-5882811 or 02-5881641.

The signing ceremony will include greetings from Prof. Menahem Ben Sasson, President of the Hebrew University; Prof. Sarah Stroumsa, Rector of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Mr. Matthias Platzeck, Prime Minister of the State of Brandenburg; Minister Prof. Sabine Kunst, Minister of Science, Research and Culture of Brandenburg; Prof. Isaiah (Shy) Arkin, Vice-President for Research & Development of the Hebrew University; and Prof. Oliver Guenther, President of the University of Potsdam.

Prof. Ran Nathan, Head of the Institute of Life Sciences at the Hebrew University, will present his joint project with Prof. Florian Jeltsch of the University of Potsdam Understanding lifetime tracks and fitness of long-distance avian migrants.

According to Hebrew University President Prof. Menahem Ben-Sasson, ''This agreement forms an important part of the Hebrew University's relations with the state of Brandenburg, among them many collaborations between Hebrew University researchers and researchers in Brandenburg-based institutions.”